Donavan Attacks Transit Commission and Boston Officials
Alderman Donovan denounces the transit commission and city law department for paid legal services. He seeks return of $500 from Babson and to bar officers paid by the city from expending counsel funds without a vote. He criticizes Mayor Curtis and urges scrutiny of subway related legal expenditures and appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Donovan
Board of Aldermen
Hall
Law Department
Donovan
Lee
Boston Transit Commissioners
Transit Commissioners
Babson
Committee On
Curtis
Tremont
Quincy
Berd Klarfeld
Colonel Thomas Cass
Colonel Cass
Boston
Jonathan Phillips
Tremont Building
Tremont and
Beacon Streets
C. E. Cotting
F. E. Welch
Committee of Streets and Sewers
Thomas M. Babson
Commission
Canal Strip
Haymarket Square
Lana
Transit Commission
Babsen
City Treasury
Boston Transit Commission
The
Francis W. Kittredge
Cain
Solomon Lincoln
Messrs
Lincoln and
Kittredge
Massachusetts
Francis W. iKttredge
Massachusetts Senate
George G. Crocker
Railroad Commission
Thomas J
William M. Butler
Butler
Boundary lines and ward room sites set by city council
The board approved ward room locations for new divisions and formed a boundary-perambulating committee with the city engineer and clerk to survey Boston and surrounding towns. They also referred several large funding and property orders to the finance committee and debated a salary and private practice issue involving the city law department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donovan
Thomas ¥. Babson
Allen
Committee On Claims
Board of Aldermen
Hall
Law Department
W. J. Donovan
Lee
Bryant
Barry
Boston
Ciites
Everett
Revere
Somerville
Newton
Brookline
Dedham
Hyde Park
Emerson
Prescott and
Bennington Streets
Armory
Maverick Street
Old Winthrop
Bunker Hill Street
Bunker Hill
Baldwin Street
Harvard Grammar
Devens Street
Ware
North Bennet Street
Pierpon
Old Church
Dudley Street
Finance Committee
Alderman Hall
Richardson Park
Dorchester
Talbot Avenue
New York & New England Railroad
Franklin
Charlestown
Russell
Quincy
Charles
Four Men Hurt In East Boston Train Collision
Four men were seriously injured when a high speed Revere to Boston train jumped a defective switch near Prescott and Bremen streets East Boston. Injured: Conductor John Bell Baggage Master William Hussey Timothy Tochey and Thomas Crowley. Engineer Bradley and Fireman Calder unharmed.
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Prescott and
Bremen Streets
Boston
Revere
John Bell
William Hussey
Timothy Tochey
East Boston
Thomas Crowley
Danversport
Bradley
Calder
The Smokers’ Throat and Cancer Warning
General Grant died from throat cancer caused by smoking. Many men suffer dry, hard throats and risk cancer. X Zalia gargle, used daily, is claimed to cure throat issues and prevent cancerous growths. An antiseptic liquid sold in 50c and 1.00 bottles at druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
Dennis Officers Elected At Town Meeting
At the annual town meeting in Dennis on February 10, officers were elected. Selectmen, assessors and overseers of the poor: George A. Baker, H. H. Sears, E. B. Joy. Clerk and treasurer: Watson F. Baker. Tax collector: James S. Hinckley south side, Elliot Wefer north side.
Provincetown Town Meeting Re-elects Marshall Adams
The annual town meeting in Provincetown re elected Marshall L Adams to the Board of Selectmen after sixteen years of service. Voters appropriated 28610 dollars for town needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provincetown
Marshall L. Adams
Board of Selectmen
Embezzler William J. Ghareed Arrested in South Boston
William J. Ghareed, 27, of 49 Thomas Park South Boston, was arrested yesterday by Inspectors Cogan and Morrissey on embezzlement charges. He allegedly stole $48.53 from Edward S. Gilman of 240 Broadway South Boston and is accused of taking about $600 over six months from the Gilman grocery store without turning it over to his employer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Rodick
Thomas Park
South
Boston
Cogan and
Morrissey
Edward S. Gilman
Broadway
Rodick
Gilman
Hidden Man Revealed in New York Case
Willie Steinburg was found in New York at his uncle David Hardgrove’s home on East Eighty-seventh Street. The discovery sparked local discussion as Steinburg labeled the hidden person as a hero, revealing that the hidden man is a woman named Miss Sloan.
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Fishkill-On-Hudson
Pine Villa
Clarence Edward Lang
Glenham
Eliza Sloan
Willie Steinburg
Lang
Miss Sloan
Snyder
Judge Schofield
Frank Cary
Young Cary
Willie
Lang House
Robert Steinburg
New York
David Hardgrove
East Eighty-seventh Street
Edison Works on X Ray Vacuum for Brain Photographs
Thomas A. Edison pursues the best vacuum for X ray tubes to photograph the human brain. He plans a two by two inch plate held in the subject’s mouth with tubes atop the head to minimize skull thickness. He tests shadows through half inch steel plates and plans experiments on bacilli to assess germination and destruction by X rays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Mr. Edison
Edison
Morton Produces Cathodic Rays in Vacuum Tube
New York report credits Dr. William James Morton with a landmark result in cathodic rays. He created visible etheric light in a simple vacuum tube with no electrodes or wires. The discovery parallels Roentgen and surpasses Pupin in avoiding end conductors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William James Morton
Roentgen
Brotherhood of
Physicists
Morton
Pupin
Columbia University
Mrs Quinlan Acknowledges Statement Ahead Of Arraignment
Mrs Quinlan spoke with her lawyer Senator Joseph J Corbett in her cell yesterday. He recorded her full statement to be used at today arraignment.
Gas fears clash over North End nuisance in Boston
Ex Representative Daniel McLaughlin leads agitation claiming water gas escapes from Boston Gas Light works with 30 percent carbonic oxide and threatens residents. Company officials deny leaks and stress precautions while noting minor Sunday incidents and public alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel McLaughlin
North End
Addicks
Boston Gas Light Company
West Street
United States
Mr. Addicks
McLaughlin
New York City
Robert Hutchison
Patrick Friel
James
John Kane
John McConalouge
Harvey McHarg
North End Works
Wood
Commercial Street
Gas Commission
Michael Doherty
Charlestown
the Post
Board of Health
Quincy Dinner Forges Harmony Between City Hall and Legislature
A high profile gathering at Parker House united Mayor Quincy, the Board of Aldermen, the merchants' municipal committee, and state legislators led by President Conry and Speaker Meyer. The event aimed to ease friction, with talks on taxation and transportation and assurances no move to abolish the Common Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
Colonel Thomas Cass
Colonel Cass
Phillips Fund
Jonathan Philips
Boston
Josiah Quincy
Quincy
Merchants’ Municipal Committee
Conry
Common Council
Meyer
House of Representatives
George R. Jones
Melrose
Andrew J. Bailey
Wellington Fillmore
Cambridge
Parker House
Mullen
A. Shuman
Jonathan A. Lane
Jerome Jones
Andrew G. Webster
Robert M. Burnett
James P
Alderman Lee
Merchants’ Committee
Alderman Allen
Jones
House Committee On
Metropolitan Affairs
Thei
Fillmore
House Committee On Taxation
John C. Cobb
Three Alarms In Salem Fire Threaten Mansion
Salem Feb 10 three alarms responded to a blaze at Kernwood on Liberty Hill road endangering S Endicott Peabody's mansion. A barn, two and a half stories long, burned with all contents except horses saved after hard work. Loss about 7500 with insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Kernwood
S. Endicott Peabody
Liberty Hill Road
Fatal Electric Shock In Winchester Shop
William S. Goff of North Woburn, a machinist in Louis Goddu of Madison Avenue Winchester's experimental shop, was instantly killed when he touched a lamp switch and received an electric shock while about to turn on current for an incandescent lamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Mass
William S. Goff
North Woburn
Louis Goddu
Madison Avenue
Funeral for Coleman Flynn in Cambridgeport
The funeral of Coleman Flynn was held yesterday from his 341 Windsor Street home. A solemn high mass of requiem at St Marys of the Annunciation was led by Rev. J. F. Mundy with pallbearers David Flynn William Fitzgerald D C Collins John Walsh Joseph Tatton and Maurice Fitzgerald. Interment followed at Malden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleman Flynn
Windsor Street
Cambridgeport
St. Mary's of the Annunciation
J. F. Mundy
David Flynn
William Fitzgerald
D. C. Collins
John Walsh
Joseph Tatton
Maurice Fitzgerald
Malden
Catholics and the Republic Lecture in Boston
The annual lecture for the House of the Angel Guardian in Boston College Hall on February 16 features Hon. Thomas J. Gargan speaking on Catholics and the Republic. Mayor Quincy will preside and a grand concert precedes the talk. Reserved seats available at the House of the Angel Guardian until 3 p.m.. after that at Boston College Hall. Tickets cost 2 and 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of the Angel Guardian
Boston College Hall
James Street
Thomas J. Gargan
Republic
Quincy
Boston
Boston College
Leopold Morse Democratic Association Meeting Tonight
The Leopold Morse Democratic Association will meet at the American House at 8 o'clock to hear the report on locating headquarters. The executive board has worked hard this past week and many new names will be added to the membership roll at the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopold Morse Democratic Association
American House
Rescued Man Arrested After River Incident
Edward Annis aged 45 of 1145 Dorchester Avenue attempted to cross the New England railroad bridge over the Neponset River at 7 last evening. He fell overboard and was rescued by Edward Glavin and taken to Station 11 where he was locked up on a drunkenness charge.
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Edward Annis
Dorchester Avenue
New England
Neponset River
Edward Glavin
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the Trans
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Lieutenant Lang
Willis Steinburg
Young Carey
Oliver Steinburg
Fishkill
Murphys
Mrs. Lang
Clarence E. Lang
Nervease Coq
Ghareed
John H. Woodbury
Winter St
N. Y
Chicago
St. Louis
Prof
Shaw
Will
Miss Lang
Bacilli
Mrs. Quinlan
Council
Leopold Morse Association
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